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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
582 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
310 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
297 days
310 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
246 days
100 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
190 days
110 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
321 days
190 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
636 days
370 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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109 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
139 days
95 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
264 days
132 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
297 days
320 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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74 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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